Introduction
Handwashing has been implicated as a very important tool in the fight against infections,
preventing more than 30% of diarrheal infections and 20% respiratory infections (Alzyood,
2020). This paper does a PICOT analysis of the relevance of handwashing in the hospital setting.
Lack of handwashing has been seen to raise infection rates in various populations and especially
increased the spread of the current coronavirus pandemic.
Issue
The clinical problem under review is handwashing in hospitals by patients and healthcare
providers and its role in improving patient outcomes.
PICOT Question:
Does handwashing among nurses and patients improve the outcome?
➢ P: Population/patient –
The target population is all patients and healthcare workers. It will involve
assessment of all ages, genders, and ethnicity of nurses and
d patients, especially those
living in low-income areas with poor access to water and soap or other hygiene
measures.
➢ I: Intervention/indicator (Variable of Interest) –
Handwashing using soap and water and the appropriate technique. The use of PPE,
such as gloves, serves to minimize exposure and contamination and contracting the virus.
➢ C: Comparison/control –
The control experiment will be carried out in a patient population without access
to the necessary hand washing equipment and proper PPEs. Under the same disease
exposure, they are at a higher risk of infection, and the prognosis is particularly poor if
they already have infections caused by poor hygiene.
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